Someone must say they made a mistake in charging Gordhan, says Paul Mashatile
Someone needs to "step up" and acknowledge their mistake in the "blunder" that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) made in charging Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan‚ Gauteng ANC chairman Paul Mashatile said on Tuesday. "There must be accountability. It’s not always resigning. Someone must step up and say‚ ‘I made a mistake.’ Now it’s a free for all‚" Mashatile told Radio 702 on Tuesday morning. He questioned the motive behind the prosecution of Gordhan and former South African Revenue Service (SARS) officials Oupa Magashula and Ivan Pillay‚ saying that the NPA could not "go to court‚ and charge citizens without a solid reason". Gordhan was set to face two charges of fraud this week linked to signing off on the early retirement of Pillay‚ a former deputy SARS deputy commissioner‚ and then reappointing him on contract‚ during the minister’s first stint as the head of the Treasury. On Monday‚ NPA head Shaun Abrahams announced that the prosecuting authority would withdraw summonses ...
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